The Sun. — London, England, 1838-01-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty held a Privy Council yesterday afternoon, at the New Palace. It was attended by the Lord President, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Se. cretary at War, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse. At the Council a declaration was made of the number of seamen to serve in the fleet for the present year. Certain by-laws at Swansea were disallowed. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in waiting. After the Council her Majesty gave audiences to the Marruis of Lans downe, the Marquis of Conyngham, Viscount Melbourne, Lord Glenelg, and Lord John Russell. The Court was attended by Lord Hill, Gold Stick in waiting; the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, and the Hon. Colonel Grey, Equerry in waiting. The Marquis of Headfort and Sir William Lumley were the Lord and Groom in waiting. Her Majesty honoured the performance of the opera of Betley, at the Lyceum, last evening, with her presence. Her Majesty arrived at the theatre soon after nine o'clock, attended by the Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Portman, Hon. Miss Murray, the Lord Chamberlain, the Marquis Of Headfort, and the Hon. Colonel Grey. Lord Hill had an audience of her Majesty yesterday. Despatches were brought to the Colonial Office yesterday morning from Lower Canada, via Liverpool. The Bishop of Hereford had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing.street. Mr. Wakley transacted business yesterday at the Home Office. THE HAILS-THE WEATHER. EDINBURGH, JAN. 2:l.—The Mails, owing to the heavy fell of snow and the inclement weather, are very irregular. We hare a thaw to-day, but no mail yet in from the north; and the mail of yesterday from York is still due. NEWCASTLE.VPON-TYN IL —A Letter from a Correspondent, da'ed Jan. 22, received this morning, say, "Up to eight o'clock this evening, the Mail from Edinburgh, due last night, (Jan. 21), at nine o'clock, had not arrived. Where the stoppage is has not exactly been ascertained. Report says it is in the neighbourhood of Felton, about ten miles north of Alnwick. Yesterday, early, the frost was most intense in this neighbourhood ; the thermometer (Fahrenheit) stood at 20 deg. below the freezing point, and a good deal of snow fell. To-day ( Monday), however, lam happy to say there has been a great improvement in the temperature of the at mosphere, and the freezing point is the most that has been indicated. Indeed, at the present moment (eight o'clock in the evening), I would say a gentle thaw had actually com menced, the wind blowing moderately from the S. S. E. Most sincerely do I hope that it may continue, as the return o mild weather will be a blessing to thousands of industrious men who have been thrown out of employment by the extreme rigour of the winter. During the greater part of yesterday we were visited with s , iowers of hail and sleet, accompanied with a piercing wind. The frost, however, seemed to be less intense than for the last few days previous ; and there are some symptoms of an ap p 'caching thaw. The thermometer has risen to 32. A Cor r -pondent from Corstorphine mentions that, during the late iwense cold, the thermometer at that place in a western ex posure stood at 9.—Edinburgh Courant of Nlonclay last. The frost still continues, and the Clyde, for the first time these many years, is frozen over. Early yesterday morning it Carrie on to snow, and continued at interva la all day—the snow being drifted by the wind, even in our streets, to the depth of filly two feet. In the country, of course, it must be much deeper, and no doubt there will be an interruption to the usual arrival of the mails.—The frost still continues—the thermometer ranging from 16 to 23 Fahrenheit during the past few days. Last night it stood at :,;(.) deg., snow still fellitz.—Glasgoto Herald of Monday last. the frost has cominucd since our last w:th great intense ro'ss. In the midland parts of the country, we find that h avy falls of snow have taken place, hut no snow of any con s..qn,nce has made its appearance in our neighbourhood, ex cepting that our dis•ant hills are invelop'd in white. The tht mometer was on Thursday night as low as sixteen, Fahren heit. An intenser cold has not been felt in Kencal fur several ye.rs past. —Kendal Mercury of Saturday last. A self-registering thermometer stood at t.; de,g. between the hours of six and seven, p. m., on Saturday, Jan. 20, in the Minster Yard, Lincoln. The stormy weather has caused an immense quantity of vessels to take shelter in our roads; sev-ral have put in here, sonic leaky, others with loss of anchors, chains, &c. Her Ma j• sty's cutter, Greyhonnd, brought in the French schooner L'ilig/e, Captain Bruty, havinz fallen in with her in a most deolorable state, all hands, with the exception of the master, being sick and unable to attend to duty.—Lincoln Gazette. Just ready, in 2 Vols. Bvo., with Portrait, &c., MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF A DMIRAL EARL ST. VINCENT. By CAPTAIN BRENTON, R.N. Author of :‘ The Naval History of Great Britain," &c. Henry Colbum, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE FROST, THE PARKS, &c. The frost, although considerably abated in severity, still continues the spring'ike temperature of the atmosphere on Sunday night, and up to Monday evening, having producei only a partial thaw. The ther mometer at 8 o'clock on Monday evening stood at 47 degrees, yet before 10 o'clock a keen frost had again commenced, which continued during the night, and by 8 o'clock yesterday morning the mercury had sunk to il9 degrees, t' , e wind blowing from the North East. At 12 o'clock the thermometer had risen to 45 degrees, but at 6 o'clock it had again sunk to 29 degrees, with a cutting wind from the N.N.E., and every appear anc, of a severe frost during the night. Ter•. SERPENTINE.—Yesterday morning, from the frost during the night, the water from the snow thawed during the previous day, which covered the surface of the ice was frozen over, but not sufficiently strong to bear without cracking down to the top of the old ice. About two o'clock, Mr. Berkeley Westropp, and Mr. Pritchard, the Secretary and Superintendent of the Royal Humane Society, inspected the condition of the ice, when they found, that although it was ?till strong, yet, in con. sequence of the numerous fractures it had received from the immense number of persons by whom it was crowded on Sunday last, it wouldsoon become dangerous, notwithstanding its thickness, if much thronged. The skaters during the day were very few, and no accidents occurred. KENSINGTON-GARDENS.—The ice on the Long Water in Kensington. gardens war in much the same state as that on the Serpentine, and was frequented by but few skaters. On the round pond there were several excellent skaters. The ice is, however, much fractured. ST. JAMKS'S-PARK.—In the St. James's-park there were during the day but few skaters. The ice during the early part of the day was in but an indifferent state, owing to the water by which it was covered ; tn.t already, at 3 o'clock, that became frozen over, and there is every prospect the ice will be more firm this day. REGENT'S.YIRK.—The ice yesterday was attended by from 2.00 to 300 skaters. None of the fashionables who have frequented it since the commencement of the frost, were, however, present. The ice was very insecure, but no accidents occurred. THE Rivet.—There was no material difference in the appearance of the River Thames abova bridge yesterday, with the exception of the surface of the ice being in most parts covered with water from the melted snow. From Vauxhall-bridge, westward, the ice extends from shore to shore, and the numerous icebargs which have been frozen in along the banks having been divested by the thaw of their covering of snow, reflected the glistening rays of the sun, which during the after• noon shone brightly upon them, Above Hammersmith-bridge many persons ventured across the ice, and the ferry from Brentford to oppo site Kew-gardens was crossed throughout the dry by hundreds without tlkt aid of the boat. That portion of the river between Twickenham and Richmond presents a fine smooth surface for skating, and it was frequmted during yesterday by considerable nurncers. THE CITIES OF THE EAST. Immediately, in two vols., Bve , with numerous Engravings, DAMASCUS AND PALMYItA. A JOURNEY TO THE EAST. By CHARLES G. ADDISON, Esq., Of the Inner Temple. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. OUTRAGE ON MR. O'CONNELL. In reference to the fearful and most disgraceful scene which tenni ria•ed the meeting of the employers and operatives at the Royal Ex change, in Dublin, on Saturday last, which is noticed in another part of The Sun by our private correspondent, the Freeman says, " The most terrific imprecations were yelled from several parts of the room, while - Mr. O'Connell was assailed with the most opprobious epithets, such as, Ha, ha, tyrant,"—" Ah ah, beggerman"—" Big beggarman"—" Be trayer of his country"—and, when the Hon. and Learned Gentlembn was about t• leave the room, a fearful rush took place from the tables where the trades had placed themselves towards the spot where Mr. O'Connell was. The scene was really awful at this moment—it was thought they intended to assault the Hon. and learned gentleman, and the impression communicated itself like an electric spark. In a moment numbers rushed to his assistance--but the Hononrable and Learned Gentleman stood perfectly calm, evincing not the least symptom of fear; and when he had adjusted his cloak, walked out of the room amid the cheers of the people, and the groans cf the trades. Fortunately for the trades themselves, and for the character of Irishmen, no violence was offered to the person of Mr. O'Connell, although we are free to confess that when the rush was r...:ade it was generally believed such had been the intention. As soon as the Lord Mayor and Mr. O'Connell had gone, the trades proposed forming themselves into a counter meeting, and subsequently abandoned the intention. Mr. O'Connell, on going into his carriage, - was enthu siastically cheered, mingled with a few groans from some of the trades. men who were scattered through the crowd. " We cannot believe that the intelligent tradesmen of Dublin were represented at the meeting on Saturday. We cannot believe that even a small proportion of our operatives have any community of feeling or of interest with those men. Of this, however, we are convinced, that if the individuals who acted as leaders or ringleaders, on the occasion, were au thorised by the general body to play the parts they did, the public will be led to the inevitable conclusion, that the tendency of the system with which they have identified themselves is outrage, and violence, and crime. We say this with deep regret, because we are of those who freely admit that the Operatives have a moral and natural right to sus tain the price of labour by every means not directly prohibited by law ; but the conviction has been forced on us by the violent and infuriated demeanour of the ruffians who attempted to lay hands on the father and saviour of his country on Saturday last. Oh, Sirs, the system must be a vicious and demoralising one which impels Irishmen not alone to forget the services of Daniel O'Connell, but which actually prompts them to Insult and injure a man whose whole life has been spent in one continued effort to serve and elevate them. Mr. O'Connell believes that the present system of combination if not the sole, is the principal cause of the /decline of trade in Dublin. He believes it be alike ruinous to the em pkler and the employed—and, believing this. he endeavours to effect ouch .an alteration as he thinks would be mutually advantageous. Mr. O'Connell may be mistaken—but, surely he deserves credit, at least, for good intentions. His past services and sacrifices entitle him to the confidence of his countrymen ; he has already given sufficient proofs of devotion to their interests. The wisdom of his course may be impugned, but the purity of his motives is above suspicion. Supposing him even . wrong, he was entitled to a patient and respectful hearing—but, suppos lim right, the denial of it was unpardonable." On the same subject the Pilot has the following remarks : _ _ _ The scene of shameful and unreasoning violence at the meeting on s a tu.'day would go to prove a worse spirit in combination than Mr. tyc o , nell had attributed to it, and would serve to enlist in ardent hos tiwy so the system many who would be otherwise moderate. But we shuuld lx' sorry to suppose that spirit met the approbation of the respect able portion of the tradesmen. There was an Orange feeling at bot. tom, adding brutality and bigotry to the selfishness of combination— and this feeling availed itself of the momentary excitement of the :spirit of monopoly in labour, to avenge itself on O'Connell for his long and persevering efforts to crush monopoly iu politics. 'his is Mr. O'Connell's real crime—a crime which will, with his oil enemies, not tse forgiven, because, in this instance, his ob ea tions against thiv one monopoly, happens to chime in with .the interests and feelings of some of them. The Orange a I. onwill still hate him—nay, hate to him supersedes even now the of ci. rrence in the particular case, and this hate has been the source QC the assassin manifestations of the meeting, and no wonder it should !thus tell, when murder has had sympathy in the Orange press, and in Courts of ,Ju,ssiele, cause he was the person who opposed the system lOC Ai too often - * the crime. Mr. O'Connell was able, courageous, Lrlght on. principle ring this struggle. But we think, and thought along be has throWilluch valuable- time away. He should have a content to recoath opinion —to lift his warning voice, and then Ahc•rest be done by seeiety, reflection, necessity, and competition. , -: ,~ , `~~, ~^ i . LONDON : WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1836. In the HOUSE of LORDS last night, the only public business transacted was the following:-The Duchess of KENT'S Annuity Bill was read a third time and passed. Lord RIPON pre sented a Bill for coutinuir... the Bishopric of Sodor and Mann. Lord BRIM:MUNI ,resented three petitions : the object of the two first petitions (one of which was adopted at a meeting held in Birmingham consistinc , of upwards of 5,000 persons) is th:.: enforcement of the conditions' upon which Parliament voted twenty millions of pounds as a compensation to slay e owners upon the abolition of Negro Slaveey. The other pe tition presented by the Noble and Learned Lord prayed for improvement in the law of Debtor and Creditor, and espe cially for giving creditors increased facilities in proceeding against debtors who had removed abroad. On the motion of Lord ELLENBOROUGH, farther papers relative to Canada wore ordered. In the HOUSE of Commoss Mr. Lucas obtained leave to bring in a Bill to improve the conacre tenure in Ireland. A snies of resolutions relative to private Bilis was agreed to on the motion of Mr. P. THOMSON. The resolutions are in conformity with the decision of the Committee that sat on the subject last year. The adjourned debate on the committal of the Canada Bill was then resumed : it occupied the House till past two o'clock. The motion that the Bill be committed was carried, against Mr. HOME'S amendment that it be committed " this day six months," by a majority of 246—the numbers being 262 and 16. On a division cord JOHN RUSSELL'S succeeding motion that the Canada Bill take precedence of all Notices of Motion on Thursday next was also carried by a large majority. The New York Packet of the Ist inst. was off Holy head yesterday afternoon, so that it is possible we may re ceive news from Canada, a week later, this evening. The Parliamentary triumph of Ministers upon the Canada question is now complete. Supported by the Tories, and even a considerable section of the moderate Radicals, it rests entirely with them to take what steps they please with a view to the future administration of the affairs of the Colonists. The divisions of last night must show the hopelessness of future opposition to the Minis terial Bill ; but that consideration shall not deter us from denouncing it as a most inefficient measure—as a measure which (unless greatly modified) will have the effect of eventually widening the breach between the Province of Lower Canada and the Mother-country. That the Go vernment plan of pacification is preposterous requires no stronger evidence than appears on the very surface of it. Thus the Earl of DURHAM is to be sent out as a Dictator, with the restriction of only summoning as a council of advice, six Legislative Councillors, and twenty Members of the Legislative Assemblies, from which Council his Lordship is to acquire all the ne cessary information on the subject of the abuses, Legisla tive and Administrative, in both Provinces. Now, can anything be conceived more absurd than this restriction of Councillors ? Wherefore restrict -the Noble Earl to any given number ? Wherefore not allow him to summon a thousand persons to his assistance should he deem their opinion necessary in the progress of his inquiries ? Be sides, what can be more preposterous than fixing the bodies by the opinions of the members of any portion of which Lord DURHAM is to have his judgment influenced? The British Parliament is already in full possession of the sen timents of the different parties in the Legislative Councils, and the Houses of Assembly, respecting the grievances to be redressed, and the Reforms demanded in the Canadas—so that gravely to propose a further in quiry confined wholly to them is preposterous. Were the Supreme Government to judge it necessary to define and fix a mode for ascertaining the real feelings and opinions of the Canadians, respecting a modification Of the old, or the framing of a new Constitution, the only rational plan would be by a general election of delegates for that purpose, in which every district or parish in the colony would be fairly represented. But if such a scheme be objected to, as sa vouring too strongly of Republicanism, in the name of jus• tice, leave the hands of the Noble Earl unrestricted. Let not the Noble Lord be fettered by Parliament or the Government in the discharge of duties for which his country and posterity will hold him alone responsible. Allow him to call whom, and as many as he pleases, to assist him with advice, and leave it to himself to determine where, when, and in wha form and manner such advice may be tendered Lord DURHAM, to acquire any knowledge of the state of public feeling in ;Lower Canada, unknown to the Parlia ment of this country, roust not confine his personal obser vation to the state of things in Montreal and Quebec ; nor his social intercourse to the official clique who monopolize the ear of every Chief Governor. He must see with his own eyes, hear with his own ears, and in deciding, abide by the conclusion to which the exercise of his own sound understanding may lead him. Above all, it will be neces sary that his Lordship's power to exercise the Royal pre rogative of mercy be unlimited, as well as the means placed at his disposal to curb the licentiousness of the victorious Royalists. The excesses already committed by the QUEEN'S troops in the Lower Province have excited a strong feel ing in favour of the insurgents in various districts of the United States. We select from the Albany Evening Jour nal, received yesterday, an extract from a leading article on this subject, to which we respectfully invite the attention of all who desire the tranquillization of our colonial fellow suhjects : The public sympathy and the popular feelings are with the Patriots These cannot be repressed. And yet our relations with England are of a character so amicable as to impose the strictest neutrality upon us. With these views we have thus far pursued a course dictated by con victions of duty. We cannot promise, however, to remain long indif. ferent, if the Royalists continue their sanguinary mode of warfare. De fenceless villa g es may not be burned with impunity. Fires thus kindled will blaze hi g her and burn lon g er than the incendiaries contemplate. This is not the a g e for oppressors to pierce the hearts of the oppressed. The G o ver n m ent officers are pushi ng their advantages too far. There is a principle in human nature which rulers are slow to comprehend. Men fi g ht most desperately when driven to extremities. The Government is not so clearly ri g ht, nor the Revolutionists so palpably wron g , as to warrant the rigorous course pursued. If a majo rity of the citizens of Canada are in favour of governin g themselves, there is nothin g worthy of death or bonds" in the expression of that opinion. Nor was it in accordance with the spirit of the times for the Royalists to mob and destroy the presses which ventured to discuss this question. If the lessons taught by our revolution have been forgotten in England, that Government will assuredly lose its Canadian provinces. The Tory presses in Canada are thirsting for blood. " The Gallows," says a Toronto paper, " is impatient for its prey, and will speedily have carrion in abundance." Should the Government venture to try and hang for treason, its power to wreak such vengeance will be short-lived. The moment the Royalists condemn citizens to the " gallows" for poli litical offences, a warfare will be commenced which must terminate in the independence of Canada. The New York Courier and Inquirer, commenting upon some extracts from the Canadian Tory Journals, calling for the sanguinary punishment of all who participated in the rebellion, has the following striking observations, not more indicative of the general feeling in the United States, than that which we are truly happy to say, now prevails in every part of Great Britain and Ireland : If the punishment of the insnrgents is followed up in the cold. blooded policy which is recommended there can be little reason to doubt on which side the symyathies of civilization will ultimately attach. As the blood of religious martyrs was the seed •f the Church, the blood of political martyrs—misled, mistaken, infatuated though they may be—is the seed of revolution and independence. The day has gone by for the sanguinary enforcement of such claims as those of Great Britain in her colonies. The insurrection is now in all proba. bility crushed. Let not the British Government light a spark in its ashes that shall rekindle the flame that is extinguished. But when the Tory journals talk so freely of the " halter" and the " scaffold," and "fattening men for the gallows," they embody sentiments which cannot fail to excite all the sympathies of humanity in behalf of even an ill timed and unjustifiable popular insurrection. In conclusion, we repeat there ought to beano limit to the temporary power of the Earl of DURHAM, and no Go vernment regulation of the way in which he should be per mitted to exercise it, unless it be proposed to summon a Congress of Delegates to propose the plan of a new Con stitution. As there can be no divided responsibility, there should be no division of the power with the Colonial-office. As for the Radical Members who have hitherto opposed the Ministerial Bill, they must now be convinced that further opposition can only be injurious—in asmuch as it will but excite bad feelings, and, unnecessarily waste' the time of the House of Com mons. They have put their opinions upon record ; and seeing their weakness in point of numbers, they should remember that there is other business for the Pafliament to do as well as legislate upon Canada. Much valuable time has already been lost in a contest of which we fore told the result—while lamenting it—several weeks before its commencement. Subjoined is an '':Extract" from a Dispatch from Lord GLENELG to the Earl of DURHAM, relative to the Govern ment of the Canadas, dated the 'L'Oth Inst., and just printed by order of the House of Commons. It is certainly among the least intelligible of the " Elegant Extracts" submitted by the Noble Colonial Secretary for the laudation of the Parliamentary supporters of her MAJESTY'S Mi nisters. The tact with which the Noble Secretary blends up with his official instructions the main provisions of a Bill, which has not yet passed through one branch of the Legislature, convinces us that he is not asleep to the importance of being before band with the Par liament. Now this is really being a little too soon ; and out of respect to the deliberative wisdom of the Houses of Lords and Commons, the Noble Secretary, iu withholding any part of the despatch, should have with held that part in which he anticipated the passing of the Ministerial Bill without amendment by fixing the composition of the Earl of DuatiAm's Colonial Council of Advice. There is a cool assurance about this part of the " Extract" which has rarely been stirpassed even in a Minis terial capacity. As to the despatch itself, it is enough to say that we repudiate the idea of tying up the hands of Lord DURHAM by instructions from the Colonial Office : In order to lay the ground fur the p rmanant settlement of the questions which agitate Lower Canada, and also of those which create divisions between Upper and Lower Canada, it will probably be four.d necessary to resort to some legis'ative measures of a comprehensive na ture. But benne such measures can be framed and submitted to Par liament, it would be highly desirable to ascertain the wishes and opinions of the people of both provinces regarding them. . . • - This object could best be attained by a personal communication on your part with such persons selected from each Province as may be pre sumed from their station, character, and influence, to represent the feel ings of their fellow-countrymen in general. It seems advisable, therefore, to authorize your lordship, if yon should so think fit, to cail around you a certain number of such persons, with whom you might take counsel on the most important affairs of the two Provinces ; the time of meeting of such a Committee of advice being left entirely to your discretion. You are, therefore, empowered to select three mem bers from the Legislative Council of Upper Canada to attend such meet ing ; and to invite the House of Assembly of Upper Canada to nominate ten of its members for the same purpose. Under ordinary circumstances the same course would be pursued with respect to the Legislature of Lower Canada. But if the Bill now before Parliament should be passed into a law. recourse must be had, during the suspension of that Legislature, to another mode of supplying the deficiency. You will, accordingly, during such suspension, select three members of the body at present composing the Legislative Council, and will take measures for calling on the electors in each of the five districts into which Lower Canada is now divided, to erect two persons to sit in the Committee. Your lordship can obviate any difficulty which may stand in the way of holding such elections by r.n Ordinance for this purpose to be passed by the authority of the Governor in Council. The Committee will thus consist of twenty-six members, over whose deliberations you will of course preside. The Committee being thus formed, you will bring before them the subjects on which you desire to receive their opinion and advice. Among the most important of these are the questions in debate between the two Canadian provinces. In the last Session, both Houses of Parliament passed a resolution, " That great inconvenience has been sustained by his Majesty's subjects inhabiting the Provinces of Lower Canada and Upper Canada, from the want of some adequate means for regulating and adjusting questions re specting the trade and commerce of the said Provinces, and divers other questions wherein the said Provinces have is common interest ; and it is expedient that the Legislatures of the said Provinces respectively be authorized to make provision for the joint regulation and adjustment of such their common interests." rY It is clear that some plan must be devised to meet the just demands of Upper Canada. It will be for your Lordship, in conjunction with the Committee, to consider if this should not be done by constituting some joint legislative authority, which should preside over all questions of common interest to the two Provinces, and which might be appealed to in extraordinary cases to arbitrate between contending parties in either; preserving, however, to each Province its distinct Legislature, with authority in all matters of exclusively domestic concern. If this should be your opinion, you will have further to consider what should be the nature and limits of such authority, and all the particulars which ought to be comprehended in any scheme for its establishment. The Constitutional Act of 1791 will supply another subject of de. liberation with a view to determine what measures may safely be taken to correct the defects which have hitherto interfered, at least in the Lower Province, with its successful working, The Constitution of the Legislative Council has formed the chief topic of complaint with the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, and they have insisted that the only remedy is to be found in making the Council elective. On this subject the following Resolution was last year passed by both Houses of Parliament: " That in the existing state of Lower Canada, it is unad visable to make the Legislative Council of that Province an elective body, but it is expedient that measures be adopted for securing to that branch of the Legislature a greater degree of public confidence." It will be for you and the Committee to consider in what manner the udgment thus pronounced by,Parliament can best be carried into effect. 'There are other very important subjects regarding which you will probably think it right to consult the same advisers--such, for example, as the provision that should be made to meet the necessary expen ses of the Civil Government in Lower Canada—the state of the law affecting the tenure of landed property in that Province—the establishment of a Court for the trial of appeals and impeachments. There is, in truth, not one of the many interesting questions relating to the good govern ment and well-being of tie two Canadas, which might not very prop erl y engage the attention of the Committee. On all the subjects which I have specified, and on others which may come under the notice of the Committee, your Lordship will have to recommend the adoption of some l eg i s l at i ve me asures in this country. You will transmit to me an explan at i on of suc h measures in the fullest detail, in order that the Government m a y co nsider of the pro . priety of submitting them to Parliament. probably You are authorised to 5x the times an d place; of the meetings of the Committee, to adjourn them from time to time, and to frame all regu lations necessary for the despatch of business. You are also empowered to dissolve the Committee at your pleasure. We bad occasion to notice, a few days ago, the disin genuous conduct of Sir ROBERT PEEL with respect to the Canada question. Monday night: afforded another example of that slipperiness of principle which hu so often betrayed the Right Honourable Baronet into an " untoward " posi tion. The great leader of the Opposition, as every one knows, is and has long been trying to stand well with two parties—to follow . that sly hypo cr iti ca l course i n pol i tics which is expressed, in sporting language by the phrase to run with the hare and hold with the hounds." Sir ROBERT has sometimes advocated measures really and truly liberal, but the whole merit of such advocacy has been neutralized either by the illiberality of the principles on which it was conducted, or by some countervaili ng sacr ifi ce ma d e to ap pease the offended idol of Toryism. Thus the last ten years of the Right Honourable Baronet's life have been spent in a state somewhat resembling th a t o f a d ancer on the tight rope, whose constant ,a!tention is fixed upon the artificial means of support which he derives fro m the balance pole—without which, he would be in i mm i nent danger of tumbling either on the one side or th e ot h er . There is no doubt this little difference in the case of the two candidates for popular favour—that we admi re t h e dex terity of the one, as much as we despise that o f t h e other. But to return to the exhibition of Monday night. Sir RosiEwr gave notice that he would move, in Committee, on the Canada Bill, " the om i ss i o n, fr om the Preamble, of all reference to instruct i o ns stated t o have been issued herNIAJ E S o T f Y t f p o p r ey. su a m n m d onLinogwer Canada, a meeting within consisting of persons to be app ointed b y her MAJESTY, t b h y e Provinces or on her MAJESTY'S behalf, and of certain other persons representing • the interests and opinions of her MAJESTY'S subjects inhabiting the said provinces;" and also, " the omission of the clause which enables her MAJESTY, w ith the advice of her MAJESTY'S Privy Council, to repeal the enactments of the . present Bill, should it pass into a law." We suppose, from the high Tory import of these motions, the Right Hon. Baronet has some scheme in view for the execu ti o n of which he is anxious to rally round him the whole strength of the party. The first clause objected to has for its object to secure for the Canadians something like a representative voice in the Council of the Governor-General. How far it may be practically successful we cannot tell ; but the intention is good. It is, in fact, too good—it smacks too much of liberality for the would-be Premier's political frame of mind for the time being, and therefore he op poses it. The other clause we can easily suppose to be still more unpalatable to a Tory stomach. The Bill humanely provides that the suspension of the Canadian Constitution shall continue no longer than the absolute necessity of the case may require ; and it therefore invests her MAJESTY in Council with the power of repealing its enactments, the very first moment that that necessity ceases to exist. Now, what does Sir ROBERT'S motion say ? Simply this :—" Lay what restrictions you please upon the Canadians—the more severe the better— you shall have my approbation, my cordial support, my most energetic assistance, and that of all my party ; but if you falter in your coercive career—if you show any touch of humanity, or abate one jot of the allotted measure of punishment—if you infuse a single drop of mercy into the cup of judgment, you shall have my uncompromising opposition." This is an excellent illustration of Toryism— a genuine reflection of its spirit. Sir ROBERT PEEL is too well versed in political chi canery either to avow the motives by which he is actuated in endeavouring to get the obnoxious clauses expunged from the Bill, or to drop the least hint as to the inevitabl e effect of the success of his endeavours. From his speech of last night we gather that he means to act fully up to the estimate which the public have formed of his character, by shielding himself under the pretext that all this zeal on his part to make the Bill as tyrannical as possible, and con. sequently to make the Ministers who enforc: , it as hateful as as possible to the people of Canada, is entirely free from any admixture of party feeling, and springs from that pure and ardent love of Constitutional Liberty which burns in his breast ! Happy man ! Most fortunate of Statesmen ! Wonderful tactician !—to be able to balance his principles so nicely as to take credit for liberality, while he is serving the cause of despotism. Mr. WAKLEY'S motion relative to the Glasgow Cotton Spinners, will, in all probability, not come on before next week. We see, by an Edinburgh paper, that the convicts have been hurried off from Scotland, and are to be trans ported without delay. Why this breathless haste? How ever bad the crimes of which they were convicted by a ma jority of one, if an inquiry is to take place, and their peti tion is to be heard, why should they ❑ot have the benefit of anything that may turn up in their favour? As the Canadian Bill will to a certainty be carried, the paramount duty of the friends of the Canadians is to use every means to render it as little offensive:and as liberal as the unsettled state of the country will admit. If the House of Commons wish to make it a Bill of pains and penalties only, they will follow the advice of Sir ROBERT PEEL. They will not enact that the Governor General shall consult a certain number of the representatives in drawing up a plan for the Constitution, afterwards to be referred to the consideration and final decision of the Imperial Parliament, but leave every thing to the arbitrary will of a Dictator, and they will enact that the Sovereign in Council shall not have the power to suspend the Act. Were a Bill of this sort to be passed, a GOVERNOR might be sent out holding political opinions the very reverse of those of Lord Duramst, and supposing such an event to occur—for the dismissal of Lord MELBOURNE in 1834, was e qually improbable—would the Canadians pay the slightest regard to any recommendations that might be forwarded to t he Government from such a quarter? The plan for remodelling the Constitution and settling differences ami cably, would be vitiated at the very source—there would be universal dissatisfacticn and distrust—the people might be kept quiet by force, but they would be utterly alienated from the British Crown and British Par liament. But really it is preposterous to suppose that even the present House of Commons could act such an absurd part. Sir ROBERT PEEL evidently knows not to what hand to turn. He even is unacquainted with the Bill, and argued last night at great length against a provision which Lord JOHN RUSSELL told him it did not contain. He joins Lord BROUGHAM in blaming Ministers for not send ing out a larger force, and consequently sets up his opinion against that of the Duke of WELLINGTON. For a fort night he has been hesitating what course to take ; he has made up his mind at last to the most despotic, and let all who prefer violent measures to conciliation and peace be prepared to follow him. Mr. POULETT THOMSON last night brought forward his motion for reforming the practice of the House with regard to Private Bills, by causing a Breviate to be printed before the second reading, which should contain such an abstract of the clauses as the SPEAKER might deem requisite. In making this motion, the Hon. Member confirmed the:state ments we have previously made as to the smuggling of Bills through the House, and the injustice thereby done, both to communities and individuals. He mentioned one pertinent instance lust Session ; but he might have men tioned an hundred. Instead of arguing from an individual case, he might have argued from classes. Look at the various Enclosure Acts that have been passed, or rather smuggled through the Legislature, without the poor, who have been affected by them, having been informed of their provisions or operation. Hundreds of thousands of families have been defrauded of their rights, and their means o f subsistence, by these Acts—the almost invariable conse quences of which have been to divide the common lands between the lord of the manor, or leading landlord in the neighbourhood, and the parson of the parish— the former getting the Lion's share and the latter the Jackall's. Mr. P. THOMSON'S intentions are very good ; but we are afraid the mere printing of Breviates will not sufficiently grapple with the evil. Un'ess he can devise some means for sending those Breviates to all the parties who may be interested, in all Bills giving the power of levy ing rates, i. e., such as Water Bills, Gas Bills, Railway Bills, &c., which will comprise every inhabitant householder of the district affected by them, his ject cannot be at tained. After all, we think our plan of briefing such Bills through the Press will be found the most useful, and as our columns will always be open to comirents upon them in cases where parties are interested, and nely to be injured, we flatter ourselves that Mr. P. TH,.:`,ISON will find in The Sun an efficient ally to carry into 'sect the important and praiseworthy object he has in view. The Paris papers of Monday have all been received, together with advices from Madrid of the 14th in stant. The news from Spain is very unimportant, being merely confirmatory of the accounts previously published respecting the wretched condition of the Peninsula. The Carlist Chief, Don BASUTO GAR, CIA, penetrated to the vicinity of Toledo, whore great confusion prevailed, but he was not strong enough to profit by it. The following are extracts from the French journals of Monday : The Frankfort Journal of the 19th inst. states, that the garrison of the city of Hanover was about to be reinforced by 5,000 men, and that the King intended to raise a regiment of Royal Guards. The States of Wurtemburg discussed, on the 18th inst., the motion made on the 17th for a declaration of the Assembly on the late proceed_ jogs of the King of Hanover in abolishing the Constitution of that State- After a long debate, an amendment was p ropose d ( and carried by a majority of 82 to 2 ), declaring that his Majesty th e Ki ng of H a nover in abrogating the Constitution of that kingdom had committed an ac t which affected the legal condition of all Germ any. " It has been reported for some days past that the Northern Powers gave promised a large subsidy to Don Carlos. A first remittance of three millions of francs is spoken of, which is to be succeeded by another to the amount, it is said, of six millions more. We do not know whether this fact has attracted the attention of the Cabinet, but we are vssured that a Council has been held, at which the question was seri. ously discussed relative to the sending of succour, whether in money, ammunition, and various effects, it was said that a Courier had been dispatched, in order to agree on the mode which would be preferable. We hope that this news may be realised speedily and extensively.— Temps. The Madrid Gazette announces that the band of Origeta has been defeated on the confines of Estremadura. The confirmation of this a ff a ir, in consequence of which the Carlists have been forced to raise the siege of Balmaceda, has been received. The order of the day of the 31st December, published in the Algerine Moniteur of the 9th January, informs the army that General Castellan, takes the command of Bona and Constantine, in the room of General rrezel, who is allowed at his request, to return to France. General itapatel sailed on Sunday on board tin, Styx, steamer, for Algeirs. The Government has confided to this able and experienced officer the com mand of the troops of the division of Oran ; he is to con in ue th e system of military colonisation sketched by General Bugaud.—Eclaicreur. A regulation of the superior authorities already obliged all French functionaries employed in cur possessions to study the Arabic languago ; all natives employed by the French Administration, in the several branches of the service, and still of an age to learn, are now ordered to study the French language.—Le Commerce, Jan. 22. FRENCH FU NDS JAL 22 Five per Cents., 109 f. 65c. 70c. 85c. 80c. Four and a Half per Cents. Insf. 40c: Four per ('erns., 102 f. l'hree per Cents., 79`. 55c. tioc. 75e. Bank Actions, 2,l 07f Sic. Y,600f. '2,593f. Rente de Naples, 9Sf, Gee. Roman Five per Cents., Spanish Actives, 2:,14%%• Spanish Passives, 4}4. Brussels Society, 103 3 4. Belgian Bank, 1,511 f. Haytian Loan, 370 f. EXCIIANOSI on LONDON. One month, paper, —f. —e ; money, 25f. 4751 r Three months, paper, 251. 35e. ; money, 251, av,ir. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1838. But to enter into contentious controversy with men whose narro views of self interest wedded them to error was quite useless. Those who gained, or fancied they gained by any monopoly, were never yet convinced by fact and reason to give it up—and never will." HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 34 minutes after I I Evening 4 minutes after 2 On the Ist of February, will be published, in Super-Royal Octavo, Price 25., Part I. of THE CHILD'S OWN BIBLE; or A Selec tion of Narratives of the LEADING EVENTS of RE VEALED RELIGION in the language of HOLY WRIT : illus trated by numerous large and appropriate Wood-engravings, from Drawings by W. H. BROOKE, F. S.A. The Work aiivr announced will be distiuguised from the ordinary publications issued under the name of Bible Stories and Scripture Extracts, by faithful adherence to the language of Scripture on one hand, and by completeness of narrative on the other ; being neither a mutilation nor a paraphrase of Scripture, but essentially a Bible, within the limits of the Child's wants. The Illustrations are, in point of composition and execution, of the first character . the work is not intended for a Nursery-book, but for a Standard Manual of Biblical Knowledge in Christian Families and Schools. London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans. On Thursday, Feb. Ist, in foolscap Bvo., with two beautiful En gravings, price ss. cloth lettered, Vol. IV. of SOUTHEY'S POETICAL WORKS; containing THALABA the DESTROYER. " The form in which his poetical works are now to appear is sure to obtain for him a station alongside of Scott and Byron."- 11oathly Review. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " A Constant Reader" should have favoured us with his name— we know that he is right as to many of the schemes in ques tion, but as acts have been obtained for some of them, we should be liable to actions at law if we inserted his letter as it is. The publication of Tun SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS OF PARLIA MENT. :From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons, Jan. 23.) On the motion of Mr. Poulett Thomson, the following Resolutions were adopted : Resolved—That no Private Bill be read a second time until six days after a Breviate thereof shall have been laid on the Table of this House, and have been printed. Resolved—That such Breviate shall contain a statement of the ob ject of the Bill, a summary of the proposed Enactments, and shall state any variation from the general Law which will be effected by the Bill. Resolved—That Mr. Speaker be authorised to give such directions as shall seem to him best for carrying into effect the above Resolutions. AFFAIRS OF HANOVER. The Hanover Gazette of the Iltitinst., contains the following Pro clamation for the convocation of the States General : " ERNEST AUGUSTUS, KING OF HANOVER, &C. " After having dissolved, by our Proclamation of the 30th October, 1837, the General Assembly of the States convoked conformably to the fundamental law of the 26th September, 1833, we declared in our decree of the Ist of November, 1837, that the obligatory force of that fundamental law had ceased, and that we would immediately convoke the States-General created by the Royal Decree of the 7th December, 1619, which remained in force till the year 1833, in order that we might su►mit to their deliberation and adoption our proposals concern ing the Constitution. " The preparatory labours being nnw concluded, it affords us peculiar pleasure to fulfil this our promise, and assemble our faithful States around our Throne. " In what concerns the convocation of the States we have strictly conformed to the royal decree of the 7th of December, 1819, and to the designation of the members of the General Assembly of States annexed to it, so far, at least, as no changes have occurred during the interval. "Firstly, By the royal decree of the 7th of December, 1819, the Count of Stolberg was alone included among the members of the first Chamber of State, for the county of Hohenstein. Nevertheless, since the Count of Stolberg-Weringerode possesses, as well as the Count of Stolberg.Stolberg, considerable domains an especial privileges within our county of Hohenstein, it was only rendering homage to the prin ciples of Justice, when by a decree promulgated in 1826, by our well_ beloved brother George IV., the right of sitting and voting in the first Chamber of the States was conferred on the Count of Stolberg-Werin gerode. " Secondly, By the terms of the above-cited Royal decree, the King is authorised to confer the personal and hereditary right of voting in the First Chamber of the States on such individuals as, conformably to the enactments of such decree, have erected a majorat. If, therefore, our predecessors have conferred a personal and hereditary right of voting in the First Chamber of the States-General on four proprietors of equestrian estates, those proprietors having previously established a majorat, we cannot but consider these peculiar favours as having been conferred under the empire of the Royal decree of the 7th of December, 1819. Nevertheless, as three of the decrees emanating from our well. beloved brother, William IV., of happy memory, and conferrihg an hereditary right of sitting and voting in the First Chamber of the States, have not yet been brought to the knowledge of the States-Gene. ral of 1819, an authentic communication of the documents drawn up conformably to those decrees will be made to them, that they may be apprised of the same; and that they may admit the individuals to whom a full vote has been accorded to participate in the operations of the First Chamber of the States. "Thirdly, The Royal Proclamation, published the 13th of January, 1832, after a preliminary discussion with the General Assembly of the States, had determined that some deputies of the order of peasants of the districts of Hanover, Hildesheim, Luneburg, Stade, and Osnabruck, and who were not represented, should be elected and admitted to vote in the Second Chamber of the States, in case independently of other conditions required by the general laws, these deputies were possessed of landed property within the kingdom. The King had reserved to himself the right of fixing the number of Deputies of the order of pea. sants ; and this number was, in fact, determined by the ordinance the 22d of February, 1832, to the effect that the hereditary possessors of farms subject to impositions within the principalities of Calember, Got tingen, and Grubenhagen, the principality of Luneburg, the district of Bremen, the Duchy of Verden, the counties of Hoya, and Diepholtz, the principality of Osnabruck, with Meppen and Lingen, and the princi pality of Hildesheim, should participate in the elections accorded by the royal decree of the 7th of December' 1819, in those districts to the pos_ sessors of free estates not appertaining to the equestrian order, as well to the boroughs, and to the freemen of the county of Benthelm, but that the number of deputies to be named by these possessors of land should be determined i❑ the following manner : " For the principalities of Calemlierg, Gottingen, and Grubenhagen, three; for the principality of Luneburg, three; for the Duchy of Ver don and the district of Bremen, three ; for the counties of Hoya and Diepholtz, one; for the Duchy of Osnabruck, three ; for the Duchy of Aremberg happen and the county of Lingen, one; for the principality of Bentheim, •ne. ' • ' " For the present these several dispositions are maintained. " In the same manner the dispositions contained in the above-citel ordinance of the 22d of Feb. 1832, relative to the general electoral ope rations, are to be observed at the ensuing elections. " Seeing that the Electoral Ordinance of the 9th of October, 1833, is intimately connected with the fundamental law of the 26th September 1833, which we have abrogated, and has lost its obligatory force simul taneously with the said law. _ " Fourthly, As the College of the Treasury has been dissolved, the members which compose it, and who, according to the terms of the Royal decree of the 7th of December, 1819, had the right of sitting and vo. ting in the first and second Chamber of the General Assembly of the States, can no longer be admitted in that quality to form a part of the said General Assembly of the States. ` According to the considerations developed as above, not only those privileged as already stated, but also the deputies of the landholders not belonging to the equestrian order, including the order of peasants, will be convoked to the General Assembly of the States. " With respect to the elections of deputies for cities, it is our will that they take place conformably to the dispositions of the ordinance of the 22(1 of February, 1832. " Immediately after the opening of the Assembly of the States_ General, we shall cause to be submitted to their deliberations and to their adoption the plan of a new constitutional law for the kingdom, and also several other important hills. " We fix the period for the opening of the General Assembly of the States for the 20th of February, 1138 ; and we Smite all those who have the right to do so, to assemble on that day in our capital of Hanover, either in person or by deputy, to assist at the opening of the General As sembly of the States, and to participate in the ulterior operations. " This present proclamation will be made public, by its insertion in the first part of the bulletin of laws. " Given at Han&ver, the 7th of January, 1838. " ERNEST AUGUSTUS. " VON SCHELE." THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CLOCK. We have received Jamaica papers to the 12th December—we extract the following : " We understand that a Council is summoned to attend the Queen's House today, in order to determine how the captured slaves brought into Montego Bay and Kingston, during this week, are to be disposed of. We are sorry to have received the intelligence of the spread of disaffec tion among the negroes in the Port Royal Mountains." We extract the following from the Barbadoes Papers received to the 7th December. Arrived her Majesty's ship Cornwallis, Captain Sir Richard Grant, from Bermuda. The information obtained from this vessel at the Commercial Hall tends to confirm the accounts we had previously received of approaching hostilities between the Papineau rebels and the Government of Lower Canada. We understand that the Cornwallis has been ordered here expressly for the purpose of obtaining a regiment of troops to proceed immediately to Lower Canada, and if they cannot be spared from this garrison, Sir Richard Grant is to pro. teed to Jamaica for the required aid to the military force in Canada. Consols closed very firm yesterday at 911 92 for the Account ; same for Money. Thls improvement in the market was owing to the favour able impression the news received from Canada had on the public. Consols opened this morning at:9li 92 for tho Account ; Exchequer Bills 55 57 ; 2* per day ; India Bonds 51 53 : Bank stock 2051 206 t ; India Stock 263 264. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 19} with Coupons; Portu guese 261 27 ; Three per Cents., 171 18} ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. b 2 % 53 ; Brazil 71i 72; Colombian 241 '25. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 9 2 1,4%% 3 per Cent. Cons N 3 per ........... - Ditto Red lOO% New 34 per Cent 100 99• X New 5 per Cent.. Rank Long Annuitiestoexpire Jan. 5, 1860 15% Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1960 14% 11-16 Jan. 5,18 W. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock - Oitto Bonds South Set:. SP‘rls Old. Annnities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751._ - Exch. Bills, £ Lott( i 57 55 pm. Ditto 501 Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm. Ditto Advertised pro Bank stock for Account April 5 - , 1880 — Jan. 5, 1870 — PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonda Indic stock for Acc0unt......... 265 Cor go's for Account... ...... THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLuClk. Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds IO2 Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Account Portuguwe Bonds Ditto Account Ditto New BonA: 9734 Buenos Ayres Bonds Di r ..... Ditto Account 29 7 Ditto, 3 percent.,.. ......... lB _itto Accounl Chillian Bonds Prutaian ............ Ditto Account Russian Ronda, 18'22 CAumbian Bondi — Ditto Account ----------- Ditto Account C)lumbian Bonds, 1824 25 Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account 244 5 Ditto Account — Danish Bonds 7314 Ditto Bonds, 1834 1111.4 Ditto Account ..... ..... .. ..... Ditto Account Greek Bones — French, 5 per cent-- —.. —C. —c, Ditto Bonds, 1825 — ------ 4 per cent. --I. —c Ditto Account — 3 per cent. —f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent — nrchange r. Ditto Account ................ Dutch, 254 per cent. 53 2% Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditto Account...- 2511 Ditto, :, per cent.... 102% 2 i,i 1% Ditto Account lO2 N e apolitan.... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Rhymncy Iron Mining Company Bi rmin gham and Derby Railway, Company 2O 16 Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Company 1% Eastern Counties Railway 3 1% isrighi on Railway Company 5 7 14304 N London and Blackwell Railway London and Southampton Railway Company..., 50 39% London and Southampton ( New) Railwa y 5 21 London and Croydon Rai lwa y Com p an y 20 21 Ditte Scrip ............ . ............... . ....... .. 13 NI: nchester and Bir min gh am Railway 7 South Midland Railway C om p an y 1 5 434 V a n Dieman's Land Agricultural Company l7 10 AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vixxxs, Jaw. 12. Five per Cents. Aletalliques Fotir per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares . 1331 —Allganeine Zeltung. J an 18. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. A steamer, bound from Cork to Bristol, is reported to have been lost. 'We do not hear the particulars. To the present hour we have n o papers or l etters by the New Y or k pac ket of the Ist inst., and none are expected till tomorrow, without they are forwarded by an extraordinary express. Consols were buoyant in the morning, at 92 to 92/ for the Account, India Stock, 205 206. have since seceded to 941 1, Money Stock being made plentiful in the :c= Bills, 55 57, 26d. per day; India Bonds, 51 53 ; In the Foreign Market very little doing. Portuguese continues very heavy at 27 % % ; Three per Cents., 171 18 ; Spanish Active, 19 IA i In ßa a n rk k e S t. tocr 2lo Brazilian, 711 '72; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 53 ; Mexican, 271 28 ; Colombian, 24i 25. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) FREWIN V. THE POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS. The arguments in this appeal, the facts of which we gate the other day, were concluded this morning, and The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed giving judgment till Saturday. Consols for the Account, 181 I. LIST OF TH who voted that the I into further consi Bainee, E. Brotherten, J. Callaghan, 1). Currie, Haikes 6111 on, W. D. Harvey, D. W. Hindley, C. DEPARTURE.- the Green Park Hot, IE MINORITY 0 Lower Canada Gover ideration upon this do Jervis, Swynfin Leader, J. T. Lister, E C. Molesworth, Sit W. Turner, W. Vigors, N. —Robert Heys Jo} ;1, Piccadilly, for Dol, F SIXTEEN, •nment Bill be taken ay six months :- 1 Wakley, Thomas Warburton, li. Williams, W, TELLERS. Hume, Joseph Grote, G. Instone, Esq., f-om ;elley, North Wales, VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) TAYLOR V. SALMON. The arguments in this part heard case were still proceeding at the time our reporter left the Court. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) CASSORNE V. BARSIIAM The plaintiff in this case, who was the Rector of a parish in Suffolk, in 1832 instituted proceedings in the Court of Exchequer against a farmer named Chandler, residing in the parish, for tithee. On the 2d of July, 1832, the Court pronounced judgment in favour of the Rector, and on the 4th of August following Chandler executed a deed reciting that he stood indebted to several creditor, in considerable sums of money which he was unable to p iy, and that he proposed to assign his real estate to Robinson and Mathews, and to Barabam, his solicitor (the defendant), in trust to convert it into money to pay all expenses of the deed, and t• discharge all his debt •, first to Barsham in full, and then to the other creditors, the residue, if any, to be returned to Chandler, his executors or assigns. There was nothing in the deed to release Chandler from the liability of his debts. Chandler then continued in the manage ment of the farm, but it was ultimately sold by Barsham, who received the money arising from the sale. Jn the year 1834 Chandler took the bonefit of the Insolvent Debtors' Act. The present bill was filed to set aside the deed on the ground of fraud, and for the purpose of having the costs, which constituted a debt due from Chandler to Barsham, taxed. The case was part heard yesterday, and Mr. PEMBERTON having this morning replied— Lord LANGDALE said there was nothing contained in the deed, vague as its enressions were, that at all precluded Chandler, or those who stood in his place, from taking such means as the law affirded, to ascer tain the amount of these sums that were secured by the devd. He was, therefore, of opinion, that even if the deed were allowed to stand, there must be an account taken of that which was due from Chandler to Baisham, and in taking that account the taxation of the bill of costs would necessarily follow. His Lordship, however, reserved his judg_ ment upon the point whether the deed ought to stand. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. TILE CIIURCIIWARDENS AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR OF THE PARISH OF ST. SAVIOUR, SOUTHWARK. In this case a writ of mandamus had been issued directed to the de. fendants, and commanding them to make a rate for the purpose of paying the annual stipend of the two parish chaplains, the schoolmaster and usher, and to repair the parish church. To this writ two returns had been made, one from the churchwardens and overseers, and another from the inhabitants. In the former it was urged that although the statute provided that a rate or assessment should be made for the pur pose above stated, yet that one of the Acts referred to, the 6th Henry VIII., gave a discretionary power to the inhabitants in vestry assembled to make or refuse the rate, and that they had refused to do. The other return from the inhabitants set forth that the parochial property in the hands of the churchwardens was sufficient for the purposes set forth in the mandamus, and that they (the churchwardens) were primarily liable. That at the Vestry held for the purpose of making the rate, there were 199 in favour of it, and 300 against it, and therefore the inhabitants who were in the minority could not make the rate. Sir Frederick Pollock was heard against the returns, and the At torney-General and Mr. Hindmarsh on the other side. The argument of Counsel had not concluded when our reporter left. BAIL COURT-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice PkrrisoN.) MANDAMUS. Sir W. FOLLETT applied to the Court for a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not be issued against the churchwardens of the parish of New Windsor. It appeared that a lady named Jinks lent to the parish the sum of three thousand pounds, to build a church, to he repaid with interest under the provisions of the Church Building Act, by a rate levied on the parish. It was to compel the churchwardens to levy this rate that the present application was made. The Court granted the rule. CRIMINAL INFORMATION. Sir W. FOLLETT moved to enlarge the rule obtained by the Attorney- General, calling upon Captain Polhill and Arthur Onslow, Esq., to show cause why a criminal information should not be granted against them. The application was made on the affidavit of Captain Polhill, who stated that, on account of the great length of the affidavit in support of the rule, he had not been able to obtain an official copy thereof until the afternoon of Saturday last—that the matters referred to in the affidavit of Mr. Spencer, and the circumstances leading to the application, were of a very intricate and complicated nature—and that, since the receipt of deponent's instructions, Messrs. Parker and Co., his solicitors, had dill. gently applied themselves to the preparation of the necessary affidavits, but that deponent had not as yet been enabled to instruct Counsel, nor did he believe that, with the use of the utmost diligence, he would be able to have the said affidavits prepared until the last day of Term. COURT—Take a rule. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) The Court was occupied this morning with a cause respecting the construction of a will, which possessed no public interest, the question being a mere dry point of law, whether certain words in the will con veyed the fee simple of the property bequeathed or only a life interest. The arguments of counsel appeared likely to occupy the whole of the day BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A DtsappoiNTED SNEAL—John Desmond of Saffron.hill was charged with being found in the house of a hoot-maker, 22, Duke-street, Lin coln's-inn-Fields for the purpose of committing a felony. It appeared from the testimony of Henry Erow that at seven o'clock last evening he was sitting at his work'in his parlour, and having occasion to go into the shop, he discovered the prisoner, who had crept along the counter, in the act of helping himself to a'pair of shoes which were ex posed for sale in the window. He instantly laid hold of him for the purpose of taking him to the station.house, and on going Into the street, he saw two of the prisoner's companions peeping through the window, but on their finding what had happened they made their escape. The prisoner accounted for his intrusion into the shop by saying that he wanted to purchase a shoe-lace, but on being searched in the station house lie was not even worth that sum, and was ordered to be sent to hard lobour in the House of Correction for three months. AN UNWELCOME ADMIttER.—John Wade, having the appearance of a labourer, was charged by Mr. Wm. Golburne, of King-street, Co. vent-garden, with ringing at his bell at three o'clock this morning. The complaisant stated that he had received a letter from the prisoner last May, in which he promised to ring his bell every night at certain hours. He had no knowledge of him, only by the annoyance which he was in the habit of showing towards his sister, whenever she appeared in the streets, to prevent a repetition of which a warrant had been applied for yesterday on the part of his sister. Sir F. ROE inquired if the complainant's sister was in attendance ? A female of respectable appearance came forward, and in answer to the Magistrate, deposed that her name was Mary Anne Golbourne, and whenever she appeared in the streets the prisoner came up to her, making observations about her dress, which he had constantly practised for the last two years From the incoherent manner in which he spoke she concluded lie must be insane, and as she could not at all times appear abroad with a person to protect her, she considered her life very much. in danger. Mr. Golbourne produced some letters of the prisoner's, which be requested should be read, in order to show that there was every harm. to , be apprehended from the prisoner on the part of his sister. Sir F. Roe declined examining any letters of the prisoner's, as they must contain language as absurd as his conduct was improper, and for which he should put in bail, with directions to Mr. Wakefield to look attentively after him, as he appeared of unsound mind. The prisoner requested to say a few words in explanation, but as he showed a disposition to enter into circumstances not connected with the charge, he was prevented. Sir F. ROE told the complainant there was no doubt from the beim. viour of the prisoner, that he could not be in his senses, and he should put in bail for his good behaviour for the next three months, but should he at the expiration of that period attempt a repetition of such conduct, to call again at the office and every assistance should be afforded to put a final check to it. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JAN. 23.—Wind E.S.E. Fresh breezes.—Sailed this morning the outward bound reported yesterday, on their respective voyages. Came down from the River, and proceeded, the Malcolm Brown, Wills, for Seville ; Napoleon, Joyce, for Vera Cruz ; and Reliance, Walters,. for Plymouth. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 23.—Wind S.E. Tine.—Arriveci the Elizabeth,. Green, from Guernsey ; Union, Fast, from Waterford ; Victorine, Lan— guelard, from Cherbourg; and St. Edouard, Poi,sey, from Barfleur. Sailed the John Carvell, Rowan, for Cork ; and Feficity, Windsor, for Guernsey. FALMOUTH, JAN. 22.—Wind S.S.E. to S., strong breezes and thiel weather.—Arrived the Skylark (packet), Lieutanant Ludd, from the West Indies, sailed from St. Thomas on the 17th tilt; Edmund Wode house, Fuller, from Leghorn; Hayle, Bosustow, from Marseilles;, Ra. mona (steamer), King, from a cruise. Sailed, the Tagus (steamer) for Symons, for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, and Gibraltar. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 23.—Wind S.S.E. moderate.—Arrived the Vir. ginian,;Huert, from New York, sailed Dec. 22 ; the Scotland sailed two days previously for Liverpool ; Royal William, from Smyrna; Rosalind, Crouch, from Canton. The Formidable, Stagg, and Hind; Lowthean, sailed from Canton for Manilla, ablut 20th August ; Mary Kemball, from the Havannah. Sailed, the So!nersetshire, Jackson, for Bombay; Abercromby, for Charleston; Eagle, Inch, for the Gulf of Moxico Exchange, Athius, for New Orleans; Frances, Armstrong, for St.. John's, New Brunswick; Fortuna, Baltimore, Clemantson, Newby, for St. Thomas. SCILLY, JAN. 21.—Arrived the Sisters, from Newfoundland ; Ann, 31`Kenzie, . Arrived off Port the John Black, from Teneritre ; Visitor, Figueira ; Sir T. B. Steael, St. John's, New Brunswick. Coax, JAN. l.—Arrived the Temperance, Peel, from St. John's,. New Brunswick. WATERFORD, J. 21.—Arrived the Ann Wise, Kenny, London. SHIELDS, JAN. '2:l.—Arrived the Bacchus, Betterson, from Oporto. The Talma, from London, put into Matanzas, after being on shore and throwing part of the cargo overboard. The Time and Lochin, bound to Havannah, Were on shore at Cork, on the 21st instant, having been in contact during the gale. The Harmony, Crosbie, from Belfast to Plymouth, put into Kinston, leaky. The Killarney, steamer, from Cork to Bristol, was totally lost near Cork on the 20th instant. The Nanteuse, from Campeachy to Marseilles, put into Key West, damaged, having been on shore. T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, &c., 47, Cornhill, London (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-stroet), informs the Pub lic, that he has a considerable variety of SECOND-HAND GOLD WATCHES, any of which he offers at EIGHT GUINEAS each. They have all been carefully examined, and are warranted. Watches purchased in exchange. BIRTHS. On the 16th inst., at Loraine-place, Holloway, Mrs. J. Hayton, of a daughter. On the 20th inst., the lady of John Bolton, Esq., of Montagu — street, Russell-square, of a son and a daughter. On the 19th inst., in Stanhope-street, :Mrs. Henry Baring, of a son. DIED. On the 19ti, inst., at Busy Cottage, near Newcastle-upon-Tyn Jane, the beloved }rife of Robert Rayne, Esq., iron -master, a VI O man highly and justly respected for her many amiable and e't c4:l - qualities. 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